The Chairman of Buhari Media Organisation (BMO), Mr. Niyi Akinsiju, has commended the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for pruning the number of political parties in the country.
has commended the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for pruning the number of political parties in the country.
Reacting to the development on Thursday, Akinsiju said that the reduction from 92 parties to 18 has both cost and management implications for the electoral commission.
He said: “Personally, I have been an advocate of the need to audit and trim the numbers of registered parties that are able to put forward political contestants at elections.
“Though we have yet to be availed the legal grounds on which the Independent National Electoral Commission deregistered these parties, on the face value, it is a required move to sanitise the nation’s electoral processes and political environment.
“The reduction from a high of 92 parties to 18 has both cost and management implications for the electoral commission while creating ease of election among the generality of voting Nigerians.
“This will also ensure seriousness in political contest because it has reduced the space for political ambition retailers whose interests do not go beyond printing their pictures on posters and using their weak parties to negotiate relevance in electoral contest.”
